War crimes

Category : Criminal

Description :

Trial of war crimes cases in absentia;
Circumstantial evidence in establishing responsibility for war crimes cases;
Genocide and differences with war crimes, crimes against humanity;
Applicable forms of criminal responsibility for war crimes;
Judicial practice: Decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals of Kosovo;
Joint criminal enterprise;
Command responsibility;
Individual responsibility;
Genocide;
Crimes against humanity;
Crimes against the civilian population;
International legal cooperation in war crimes cases (Residual Mechanisms for International Tribunals based in The Hague);
Victims' rights under Article 63 of the Criminal Procedure Code;
Victims' rights under the Law on Compensation of Crime Victims;
Government Strategy for Transitional Justice, with special emphasis on victims of war crimes;
Procedural aspects of taking a statement from a war crime victim;
Judicial practice regarding war crime victims.

Objectives :

Extending knowledge on the investigation and trial of war crimes cases;
Extending knowledge on the forms of criminal responsibility for war crimes;
Extending knowledge on command responsibility as a form of criminal responsibility;
Extending knowledge on the legal framework for the investigation and trial in absentia of war crimes cases.
Extending knowledge on the rights of victims of war crimes, with special emphasis on victims of sexual violence during war;
Extending knowledge on the local and international protocol for the treatment of cases of sexual violence during war;
Extending knowledge on the applicable legal framework;
Presentation of practical cases on the protection of victims' rights;
Advancing the inter-institutional cooperation and with NGOs on the treatment of war crimes victims. 

Venue :

Location : Academy of Justice
City : Prishtine

Trajnues:

  • Valon Kurtaj,Ilir Morina

28/10/2025 - 29/10/2025